Machinegun killers in gang attack are captured on CCTV

Machinegun killers in gang attack are captured on CCTV

Machinegun killers in gang attack are captured on CCTV

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Cem Duzgun

"Complete innocent": victim Cem Duzgun, 21, was playing snooker when he was shot

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CCTV image of accomplice in Cem Duzgun murder

CCTV image of accomplice in Cem Duzgun murder

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CCTV of man with Uzi-style sub-machinegun

Assassin: the gunman with a plastic bag thought to hold the murder weapon, an Uzi-style sub-machinegun like the one shown

"Complete innocent": victim Cem Duzgun, 21, was playing snooker when he was shot

Two men blasted a shop worker to death with an Uzi-style sub-machinegun in a suspected gangland turf war.

They were captured on CCTV walking calmly along a street moments before Cem Duzgun, 21, died in a hail of bullets six months ago.

Detectives released the images today and announced a £20,000 reward for information. Mr Duzgun was shot dead at 10.45pm on 5 October last year as he played snooker at a Turkish social club in Clapton.

Three days earlier Turkish national Oktay Erbasli, 23, was killed when a motorcycle gunman pulled up alongside his Range Rover at traffic lights in Tottenham. The murders sparked fears of an escalation in a turf war between Turkish gangs over control of the heroin trade.

Mr Duzgun had gone to the club to play snooker and died when the men walked up to the door of the premises and opened fire indiscriminately. Police recovered at least 10 bullet casings.

Turkish Mr Duzgun lived with his family in Islington and worked at a clothes store in Croydon. Detectives say he died because he was closest to the door. They say he was not known to be associated with gangs or crime and described him as a "complete innocent".

His murder is believed to be at least the third linked to a war between the Bombacilar (Bombers) gang and their rivals the Tottenham Boys.

Detective Chief Inspector John Oldham, who is leading the inquiry, said: "Of course there is a Turkish element to this but I believe this involves criminal associations involving people of mixed nationalities.

"This was one group who are angry at another getting the upper hand and this shooting was to send a message. One suspect held the door open and the other sprayed the gun into the room. It was totally indiscriminate and a hideous thing to do."

Detectives believe the two men parked a car nearby before walking along Upper Clapton Road. They left the scene on foot in separate directions: one ran past Clapton railway station and turned right into Southwold Road; the other turned left on leaving the club and ran south along Upper Clapton Road, then left into Cleveleys Road.

One suspect is described as a light-skinned black man in his early twenties, of medium height and slim, wearing a navy or black jacket, grey hooded top, blue jeans and white trainers.

The gunman is a black man in his early twenties, wearing a navy hooded coat, jeans and trainers. He carried a plastic bag thought to have contained the gun. Anyone with information should call the incident room on 020 8785 8244 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. Turkish or Kurdish speakers can call a special line on 020 8785 8944.